Yes indeed, what exactly was the fragrance I wonder? And did all Guerlain bottles look the same then, regardless of the juice? I’m guessing so. But I’m not into bottles for their own sake. One the juice is gone, they seem lifeless to me. Still, I’ll hang on to my Chanel No. 19 empties from the 1980s. Might raise a few bucks out of them one day.

In those days, it was common for a perfume house to use the same bottle for everything, with only the label distinguishing the contents. I don’t know whether Guerlain did this or not. Actually, this bottle is more interesting than many from its era. Quite often, they were very plain, simple, cylindrical or rectangular bottles. It was common for the purchaser to decant the contents into his or her own perfume bottle.